Beijing, the official residence of the Prime Minister.

“…… That's why I said that schools for the children of military families should conduct more advanced military training, and they should also add part of the curriculum of specialized junior military academies and conduct exercises and confrontations during holidays...... In the final analysis, it is to implement a 20-fold magnified reserve plan for 100,000 army non-commissioned officers! ”

In the small pavilion near the pond in the garden of the official residence, Wang Zhizheng, the director of education of the Imperial Army, was talking.

On this day, in order to prepare the "First Amendment to the Law on Compulsory Education for All" and the "Organization Law on Rural Government Affairs", Prime Minister Mo Ning invited Luo Sulan, Minister of Culture and Education, Zhang Zhigao, president of the Chinese People's Party, Yang Zhengjin, minister of the interior, Han Lang, minister of finance, Liu Bailiang, chief of general staff, and Wang Zhi, director of education of the army, to gather at the prime minister's official residence for comprehensive coordination.

At this time, Wang Zhizheng, from the position of the military, hoped to add a content on the army's manpower reserve to the new compulsory education law.

"The expenditure of 2 million students is actually not large, because there is no need to pay military salaries, just eat enough, at most give some pocket money, and there is no special fee for organizing exercises and confrontations, and they will be natural non-commissioned officers in the future, and they can also be used as domestic reserves. 2 million reserve non-commissioned officers, the historical Germany only had 100,000 reserves before World War I. ”

"Money...... Money......" Chancellor of the Exchequer Han Lang muttered beside him.

Zhang Zhigao smiled slightly: "I think it's better to use the Old Summer Palace as a park, the palace is also open, sell tickets to visit, and the emperor will live in Zhongnanhai Courtyard for a long time." Anyway, the emperor also said that the Forbidden City is a big coffin, the Old Summer Palace is a big village, and only the Zhongnanhai Courtyard is more decent...... In fact, the members of the royal family spend most of their time in other courtyards. ”

Mo Ning shook his head again and again: "No, in this way, the prestige of the royal family has been swept away, and this kind of thing can't be messed up." ”

Liu Bailiang also said: "It is true that the Forbidden City cannot be opened, and at most the veterans who have won the medal will be organized to visit the Old Summer Palace as a reward." ”

Zhang Zhigao shrugged: "Just kidding." However, it is a pity that the mansions of the Manchurian princes who were killed in the chaos of the Beijing division are still empty, since the leaders have said that Li Zicheng is a reference, everyone can't divide it, it is better to sell it for money, or use it to open a high-end hotel, this is all money. ”

Mo Ning waved his hand into the air: "Okay, now is not the time to talk about how to make money, just now Wang Zhi has put forward the military's opinions, I think everyone must have a lot of ideas, in order to improve the efficiency of this meeting, I thought of an entry point, from this entry point, it should be possible to connect today's two major issues, overall consultation, overall planning." ”

Everyone turned their attention to the big celebrity around the leader in recent years.

Prime Minister's seat, who doesn't want to sit for a while? Now that you are in this position, of course, you have to withstand the test of all aspects, and at a time like this, it is the time to show the leadership of politicians.

So? Of course I'm going to watch you.

Mo Ning deliberately cleared his throat and looked straight ahead: "The entry point I want to put forward is the issue of public grain, and it is also one of the key structures of the Organization Law of Rural Government Affairs this time. ”

"Something from our plane." Zhang Zhigao interjected without malice.

Mo Ning nodded: "That's it, we need to have a certain amount of materials in our hands, so that we have the capital to regulate prices, and at the same time, we can accumulate a certain strategic reserve in peacetime - this reserve is not only a disaster relief warehouse, but also should be able to meet the needs of a certain period of war, so that we don't have to buy from the market in the early stage of the war." ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer Han Lang said: "In this regard, I will first talk about the issue of taxation. Originally, the monetary tax of the former Qing Dynasty was nominally paid according to silver, but in fact, the income of the vast majority of peasant households was copper coins, so they had to use copper coins to redeem them, while large households could pay according to the official price, and small households could only pay the current price, so that small households suffered more losses. After the land reform, the large households of more than 100 acres were divided, and after the financial reform, the copper money and silver were also abolished, and all the legal tender was handed over, that is, the Chinese dollar. ”

"Now the conscription has also been abolished, and it has been replaced by the government to pay for the hired labor, but this conscription used to be converted into silver and paid, and now we are discounted and paid, and the people are quite dissatisfied, I think that this part of the additional payment can be offset with public grain."

"Well, what Han Lang said is purely financial, and a part of the tax can indeed be offset in kind. However, the most important thing about this public grain payment is that the government buys a certain amount of products from the peasant households every year, and we take the money to buy things, and the peasant households are not allowed to hoard and not sell within the scope of the ration, which is essentially different from taxation, and should be interpreted as a positive means for the government to regulate and control the economy. Mo Ning explained without hesitation.

"At what price is the grain purchased?" Home Minister Yang Zhengjin seems to be interested.

"It should be requisitioned at a slightly lower price than the market price, because it has to be converted into the cost of requisitioning and transportation, and it can only be parity when it is sold. Specifically, when the market price is high, it is slightly lower than the market price but higher than the average price, and when the market price is low, it will be the current price. In short, it is the so-called high and low with the market, but in fact, the government can use the reserves of the past years to buy and sell parity, low prices offset high prices, too low prices when a large number of purchases, well, low prices when more buy less, high prices when less buy more sell, the overall purchase price of the government to achieve parity, will not suffer. ”

Mourning had apparently done a lot of research on the question, and everyone seemed to have a satisfactory answer.

"But unlike that time and space, I believe that our public grain requisition should not be targeted at individual households, but should be based on cooperatives or peasant associations, which can greatly reduce administrative costs and simplify the rural administrative system."

"Peasant associations? Improving the bargaining power of smallholder farmers? Zhang Zhigao had doubts.

"Not only that, but the peasant association I envisioned is an organization with veterans in the township as the backbone, with the township soldiers' association as the core of the organization, and is naturally organized according to the type of production and the average level of wealth and poverty, and is not divided according to administrative geography, nor is it tied up according to the rich and poor in the region."

The so-called township soldiers refer to veterans who are assigned to the third category of reserves and generally do not need to be conscripted to the front line, and the township soldiers' association, which is composed of middle-aged men over 30 years old, has gradually shown a strong influence in the countryside in the past ten years.

"This ...... Could it be...... The legendary village party branch? Zhang Zhigao's eyes widened.

"In order to prevent the peasant union from being controlled by clan power, it is necessary to have veterans who have undergone relevant special training as the core of the peasant association, and soldiers who regard obedience as their duty are also easy to accept orders from their superiors. In this era, the rural soldiers who have been nurtured by modern things are the most suitable pioneers for us to promote rural modernization. ”

Liu Bailiang and Wang Zhi looked at each other and nodded, it seems that they are very useful to Mo Ning's words.

"The daily expenses of the military council in the township are paid for by the royal family." Mourning added another bombshell

"From the royal family?" Zhang Zhigao's mind is full of incomprehension, and not understanding is not understanding......

"This forms the basis for the soldiers in the townships to be able to work part-time and thus take charge of the operation of the peasant associations for a long time, just as it is the payment of the salaries of the councillors that prompts the emergence of the civilian councillors."

"But isn't the retirement allowance for veterans theoretically a matter of the Ministry of Defense?" Han Lang also objected.

"I'm talking about the basic expenses of the peasant association, not the salary. In fact, the militia in the township will be similar to the militia backbone brigade of our time and space. Anyway, the state must definitely post a part of the money, otherwise how to control the stability, and the royal family will pay this money, which will definitely be able to strengthen the loyalty of the grassroots to the royal family and the empire. “

Yang Zhengjin nodded and said: "Actually, what the prime minister said is very reasonable, the original country gentlemen have been driven into the cities and towns by land reform, and there will indeed be a gap at the grassroots level in the countryside." If the actual control organization of the village wants to earn its own food and office expenses, it will be easy to be co-opted by the local clan forces, so it is better to invest the money from streamlining the township government, which should be regarded as the rural security fund, and all kinds of old apportionments, such as the maintenance of the town's firefighting brigade to raise funds, will also be reasonably retained and regularized. As for whether the royal family wants to pay or not, and how to send the money, it depends on the emperor's intentions. ”

Liu Bailiang also said: "I agree that the township soldiers will play the role of the backbone militia and the actual control organization in the countryside, but what about the village office? ”

"It would be nice to have the appearance of a sub-district office, a simple statistical, registration and information transmission facility. The general aim is to prevent the formation of fixed unions in the village. At present, the municipalities have adopted a Western-style organic method, with elected boards of directors or councils, and the town councils organize the town halls to carry out administrative services, but in the villages, I do not advocate this. The way in which I planned the organization of the peasant associations was to divide the people in the original natural villages, such as those who planted fruit trees, grain, and cotton, into different peasant associations, and the village offices in the natural villages did not play a ruling administrative role. ”

"That is, there is no village chief?" Luo Sulan asked curiously.

"Yes, in general, with specially trained soldiers' associations in the countryside as the core, peasant associations and rural cooperatives that split the traditional administrative areas to organize the economy; The basic militia controlled by the township soldiers' association is used to maintain law and order in the administrative area; Circuit judges in county courts regularly go to the countryside to deal with legal proceedings; In addition, it can be a part-time grocery store and post office in the form of a sub-district office, which can transmit information, register and make records, and deal with minor disputes. As a result, it is possible to further divide the situation of the rural areas living together and the same clan in the villages, weaken the influence of clan power, and integrate the countryside into the modern system of the empire. ”

Yang Zhengjin helped summarize: "In my opinion, it is probably that the soldiers in the township will manage the militia, mobilization and moral education. Peasant associations, on the other hand, are corporatized entities or service partnerships, acting as organizers of production. ”

"The peasant associations are supervised by the soldiers' associations and the local council." Mourning added.

The two men probably seem to have agreed enough on something.